Editing D. Napier & Son (section)

===Napier Aero Engines Limited===

In 1961 a new company ''Napier Aero Engines Limited'' was formed by D. Napier & Son and [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]], to take over the Napier aero-engine business and the Acton engine factory.<ref name="nae">{{citation |title=English Electric-Rolls Royce Napier Aero Engines Ltd. |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=1 June 1961 |page=24 |via=The Times Digital Archive <!-- |access-date=30 August 2016 -->}}</ref> It was to continue to market the Gazelle, while the completion of existing Gazelle contracts and the Eland remained the financial responsibility of the old company. But it closed only two years later, in 1963.<ref>{{citation |title=Napier Aero Engines Ltd (closure) |date=8 March 1963 |volume=673 |at=cc921-32 |work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1963/mar/08/napier-aero-engines-ltd-closure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017100215/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1963/mar/08/napier-aero-engines-ltd-closure |archive-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>

Following the move of the aero engine business, D. Napier & Son continued as a subsidiary of English Electric.<ref name="nae" /> With the ending of Deltic sales in the 1960s it had no new modern engine designs to offer. Today Napier is no longer in the engine business.